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FARMINGTON The staff of Franklin Memorial Hospital will host Scrub Club activities from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. June 28 and 29 at the University of Maine Farmington Student Center. The camp is designed to introduce participants to a wide variety of careers available in health care and is open to all students who will be entering grades 8-12.
A sampling of careers explored may include: physical therapy, sports medicine, nursing, orthopedics, community health, dentistry, and emergency medical services.
Campers will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and demonstrations such as casting, suturing, first aid, and emergency response to a mock accident. All campers will receive certification in American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR, First Aid, and Stop the Bleed.
NEW VINEYARD Collette Daggett was remembered Thursday as being a dedicated mother, caring and funny.
Liz Richards of Industry, right, sits next to her friend Collette Daggett of New Vineyard who was found dead Tuesday on the shore of a pond in New Vineyard.
Liz Richards photo
Emergency responders Tuesday found Daggett, 43, dead on the shore of a pond off Miller Road in New Vineyard, after the vehicle she was riding in was submerged, according to officials.
Her husband, Wilfred Daggett 42, who was driving, called for medical help for them. Collette could not be revived, officials said.
Collette was “athletic, funny, and animated,” friend Liz Richards of Industry said Thursday. Richards had known her for four or five years and had once worked for her.